부사 ‘행여’의 통시적 연구

Abstract

This study examined Korean adverb 'haengyeo'' diachronically and analyzed the changes in the distribution and meaning of the adverb that has been used since the Middle Age. The adverb in the Middle Age was formed by a combination of Chinese word '幸/hʌyŋ' and the adverbial suffix '-hhyeo>hyeo'. The adverb 'hʌyŋhyeo' occurred in declarative sentences, '-keodeun, -myeon' conditional clauses, and clauses of other connective endings; '-lyeoniwa, -ni, -eo, -ko', and adnominal·nominal clauses. However, it was mainly used in conditional clauses and not productively used in other constructions. It mainly expressed the original meaning of 'hʌyŋ(hope, fortunately, please)' in many constructions, while it also expressed 'assumption' or 'supposition' in some conditional and adnominal clauses. The adverb with the original meaning of Chinese word '幸' was still used in Modern Korean. However, the distribution of the adverb was extended to some exclamatory, interrogative, (negative) imperative constructions and several concessive clauses. Similarly, the distribution of the adverb expressing 'assumption' or 'supposition' was extended to interrogative sentences and some concessive and causal clauses. 'Haengyeo' in the on-line corpus of contemporary Korean showed various distributions that have not been completely discussed in the previous studies. It occurred in interrogatives, negative imperatives, and declarative sentences expressing supposition. In addition, it occurred in clauses of various connective endings including '-myeon, -lsera and -taganeun' and '-ki' nominal and adnominal clauses. 'Haengyeo' in contemporary Korean is considered as an adverb expressing 'assumption' or 'supposition' and no longer considered as an adverb with the original meaning. 'Haengyeo' in the constructions such as 'haengyeo(na) ha-' and negative imperatives appears to keep the original meaning, but its semantic function is actually analyzed as 'assumption' or 'suppositon' with a positive expectation.